[dinosaur] Parirau, new pterosaur from Late Cretaceous of New Zealand (free pdf)

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Ben [email protected]=0D=0A=0D=0AA new paper with free pdf:=
=0D=0A=0D=0AParirau ataroa gen. et sp. nov.=0D=0A=0D=0ACarlos Albuquerque (=
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=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AA pterosaur ulnar specimen (NZMS CD 467) from the Mangaho=
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few tentative claims that it=0D=0Arepresents an azhdarchid. Here, I re-exam=
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>Ben Creisler</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:bcreisle=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a></div><div><br></div><div>A new paper w=
ith free pdf:</div><div><br></div><div>Parirau ataroa gen. et sp. nov.</div=
><div><br>Carlos Albuquerque (2019)<br>A Late Cretaceous Lonchodectid?<br>b=
ioRxiv (preprint)<br>doi: <a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/u=
rl?u=3Dhttps-3A__doi.org_10.1101_2019.12.17.879783&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3Dc=
lK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgec=
RCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&amp;m=3DQOQCxp-sYvwb64kABSdwuvLjUWljmzybVGCZsgcmwyg&amp=
;s=3Dni9l_XTq7NG7SE-qZ2M6dBFZFf6Ij6X6-oSRmmVwkR4&amp;e=3D">https://doi.org/=
10.1101/2019.12.17.879783</a><br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.c=
om/v2/url?u=3Dhttps-3A__www.biorxiv.org_content_10.1101_2019.12.17.879783v1=
&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;r=
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&amp;e=3D">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.17.879783v1</a><=
/div><div><br>Free pdf:<br><a href=3D"https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/=
url?u=3Dhttps-3A__www.biorxiv.org_content_10.1101_2019.12.17.879783v1.full.=
pdf&amp;d=3DDwMFaQ&amp;c=3DclK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&amp;=
r=3DRy_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&amp;m=3DQOQCxp-sYvwb64kABSd=
wuvLjUWljmzybVGCZsgcmwyg&amp;s=3DefJaXjvaiYiSm3nZPtbbVC4o3F7UH_ZPxegFk_2o3A=
I&amp;e=3D">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.17.879783v1.ful=
l.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>A pterosaur ulnar specimen (NZMS CD =
467) from the Mangahouanga Stream of New Zealand s North Island has been fi=
rst described by Wiffen et al 1988. Assumed to belong to a Santanadactylus-=
like pterosaur, this taxon has not since been extensively described, with o=
nly a few tentative claims that it represents an azhdarchid. Here, I re-exa=
mine the specimen and compare it to other pterodactyloid taxa, noting pecul=
iar features such as its plug-like (obdurate) ulnar end. Christened Parirau=
 ataroa, this taxon is found to be a lonchodectid, which alongside the Nort=
h American Navajodactylus boerei extends this clade into the world s younge=
st pterosaur faunas.<br><br></div></div>=0A=

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